Overcoming the World

1Everyone believing that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God: and every one loving him having begotten, loves him also begotten of him. 2In this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commands. 3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commands: and his commands are not heavy. 4For everything begotten of God conquers the world: and this is the victory having conquered the world, our faith.

5Who is he conquering the world, if not he believing that Jesus is the Son of God? 6This is he having come by water and blood, Jesus the Christ; not by water alone, but by water and blood. And the Spirit is testifying, for the Spirit is truth. 7For three are testifying (in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one. 8And three are testifying in the earth,) the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three are for one.

God’s Testimony about His Son

9If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater: for this is the testimony of God which he has testified concerning his Son. 10He believing in the Son of God has the testimony in himself: he not believing God has made him a liar; for he has not believed the testimony which God has testified of his Son. 11And this is the testimony, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12He having the Son has life; and he not having the Son of God has not life.

Effective Prayer

13These I wrote to you believing in the name of the Son of God; ye might know that ye have eternal life, and that ye might believe in the name of the Son of God. 14And this is the freedom of speech which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us: 15And if we know that he hear us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

16If any see his brother sinning a sin not to death, he shall ask, and sinning will give him life to them sinning not to death. There is a sin to death: I say not of that, that he should ask. 17All injustice is sin: and there is a sin not to death.

The True God

18We know that every one born of God sins not; but he born of God keeps himself, and evil touches him not. 19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in evil. 20And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, and we know him true, and we are in him true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

21Little children, watch yourselves from idols. Amen.